Paul Farmer

At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different, and, in fact, greater, challenges when attempting to treat complications of HIV disease.

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I think of activists.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.

If someone realises the piece they are wearing is inspired by me then it only broadens my audience.